He said he quit after learning classes would be taken in “cyclical fashion” to accommodate female students’ menstruation, adding: “What sort of feminism do we want at universities? A feminism which falsifies statistics and perspectives to preserve the illusion that women are helpless victims of men?

“The curriculum typically avoided discussions of the inequalities of opportunity men face. It was a political betrayal of men, and of gender equality.”

The LSE Gender Institute was established in 1993 “to address the major intellectual challenges posed by contemporary changes in gender relations”. It is the largest research and teaching unit of its kind in Europe.

University bosses asked for the case to be struck out, but Mr Martin’s lawyers believe it will go ahead in November.

A college spokesman said: “LSE can confirm that Tom Martin enrolled on the MSc in Gender, Media and Culture in September 2009.

“He was unhappy with the course and was offered, and accepted, a full refund in January 2010.

“It was made clear to Mr Martin that this was intended as a goodwill gesture and did not represent an admission of liability.

“Course content and core readings are reviewed annually.

“They reflect the Institute’s concern to give a broad as possible account of some of the key debates that structure the field – debates about sex and gender, nature and culture, production and reproduction, how power should be theorised and so on.

“The aim is to offer an intellectual foundation to debates that have constituted the field as well as offering an up-to-date assessment of new and current areas of debate.”